The Madison Avenue Pharmacy works closely with McKinley Hall and other local treatment programs, he said.

Kits of two Narcan doses will cost around $150, Juergens said, but he has heard some individual insurance policies are covering part or all of the costs.

The drug should be free for people on Medicaid, Doolittle said.

The Springfield Fire/Rescue Division administered nearly 800 doses of Narcan on 370 patients last year, according to city data. Through the end of July this year, Springfield medics have used 317 doses on 154 overdoses.

Clark County Sheriff’s deputies and county medics have used at least 49 doses of Narcan on 55 overdose calls this year.

To expand access to naloxone, Ohio Gov. Kasich signed House Bill 4 in 2015, allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription to an at-risk opioid user or a friend, family member or other individual who can intervene in the event of an overdose.

“Every minute counts,” Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly said about his deputies carrying the drug.

By the numbers

3,050: Ohioans who died from overdoses last year

72: Clark County residents who died of unintentional drug overdoses last year

28: Clark County residents who died from overdoses through May of this year

6: Champaign County residents who died from overdoses this year

Complete coverage

The Springfield News-Sun provides in-depth coverage of the heroin crisis, including recent stories digging in to treatment options in Clark County and the affects on families.